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قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭا
Qul' kafā bi-llahi shahīdan[m] bay'nī wabay'nakum' . 'innahu kāna biʻibādihī khabīran[m] baṣīran
Say: "Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you: for He is well acquainted with His servants, and He sees (all things).
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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The Prophet is told to say that Allah alone is enough to witness between them, as He knows and sees all His servants.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Who is the truest witness?"
Put on Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary's Al-Isra from Daily Deen - Quran Recitations and follow along for a little while.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who is enough as a witness?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why don't we need to win every argument?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Isra is surah 17. Find ayah 96. When people argue unfairly, the Prophet didn't need to win. Allah sees all. Leaving it to Allah brings peace.
Fact: Find the name Ash-Shahid, the Witness (Al-Hajj 22:17).
Ages 5–8: Let it go. Practise letting go of an argument and saying 'Allah knows'.
Ages 9–12: Witness. Write how Allah as witness gives peace.
Finish with: "I found it in Surah ___, ayah ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will let go of one argument."
Action: Let go of one argument.
